davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-02

pEMEMQEQ That the presence Of Cen
nETs wi DEn erals Beauregard and Early,
antee of abso ute fairness and int egritY, that
the chances are all equal, and that no one can
possibly divine what numbers Will draw a
Prize. All parties, therefore, advertising to
guarantee Prizes in this Lottery, or holding
out any other impossible inducements, are
swindlers, and only aim to deceive and de-
frau9 the unwarv.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-02
CaDitaI Prize SI5O.OOO.

2,l79 Prizes. amounting to............. $3.50, 900
Application for rates to clubs should Do
made only to the Office of the Company In
New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly, CIV
ing full address. POSTAL NOTES. Express
Money Orders. or New York Exchange in
ordinary letter. Currency by Express at our
expensel addressed Nj. A DAUPHIN,
New Orleans La.
OrM. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, d. G.
Address Registered Letters TO
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, La.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15

A ring round the moon is said to be
a sign of rain. And Il ring around
girls finger is also a sign of reign.
What is the worst thing about
riches" asked Sunday School super
intendent. And the new boy said =
s,Not having any.
We notice in newspaper some
verses headed ''The Seven Ages of
Woman" After woman is thirty
she aholishes the other six.
1t is a mournfnl commentary on hui
man vanity to see the mourners look
ing back, on turning corner, to see if
the procession is worthy of the corpse.
\ Harvard professor has made the
calculation that if men were really as
big as they sometimes feel there would
be room in the United States for only
two professors. three LAWYERS, two doe
tors, and Il reporter on Philadelphia
paper The rest of the world would
be crowded into the sea and have to-
swim for it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
poetrp
WHEN THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO
ROOST,

Yon may take the world as come, and goes,
And you will re sure to iiud
That fate will square the acrouns She owes.
Whoever comes out behind
And all things that man has dDnc.
BY whatsoever induced,
Return at last to him. one by one.
As the chickens come home to ro">t
You may >crare and toll and pi.-ch ani saw
While your boarded wealth expands.
Till the cold. dark shallow OF the grave
l, nearing your lite's last sand,
You will have your balance strark, SOM night
And You'll find your ii trd reduced
You: view your life in aHotner light.
When the chicken, come home 10 roo>t.
You can stint yonr soul and = lrve your heat
With the hu>f:> Of barren creei,
Eut Christ will know ii you pay part.
Win know in your hour OF neei
And then rs you wait for death to come
What hope can there be reduced
From creed alone ? you will lie there dumb.
While the chickens ronlc home 10 r0I>t.
SOW Sou will thore- time TO rear,
For the good ami bad As we'll,
Ard conscience, whether wake q: sleep.
l. either a heaven or hell.
And every wrong will lind its place.
And every passion looSed.
Drifts back and meets you fase 10 face
When the chickens com h,ate to roo>t.
Whether you're or under the sod,
The result will he the same;
Ynu cannot cS .arc the hand of GOT,
You must bear your sin or sham.
No matter what's cary ed On a Rlarhle slab,
When the items all aro rvo,lucat
You IL find that St Peter was keeping ''ta',.
And that chickens come home 10 roost.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
A Wonderful Work

\ most extensive work is now being
published in China. the giant cncvclo-
pHdia, T'n-shu-tschi-tsch'e eng" com
priSing in 1920 volumes all the chief
works Of Chinese literature. The 1920
volumes contain 1852. 2O4 leaves. each
leaf has eighteen columns, and each
column twenty types or words, giving
i'll all 152 10 words; but lis there
are many divisions and subdivisions.
titles, etc, a considerable number of
words must be deducted. but making
all allowances, there still remain more
thana hundred million words. The
work has been printed under the Gov
ernment of kien-lung, but only one
hundred copies were struck off, OF
which the Imperial Princes, the Minis
tcrS Of State. and the officials Watching
the printing got ouc copy each, the
rest being preserved in the Imperial
Library. Seven more copies were Civ
5n to the three National libraries and
to four great families, but these were
lost during the TAPPING revolution.
One copy, printed on white paper, was
sold for $4,000; another, on bamboo
paper, Tor 5000 to il Chinese firm.
/ II
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
Earthquakes.

Some of the most severe earthquakes
on record have taken place in Februa
~. At Lisbon, on the 26th of Febru
arv. 1921, 1,500 houses were destroyed
by an earthquake and 10000 persons
buried in the ruins. On the I'd of Feb
ruary, 1903, 5000 lives were lost by
an earthquake at Aquila, in Italy. On
the 9TH of February, 1888, terrible
earthquake took place in Italy and
Sicily, destroying thousands of lives
and overthrowing Messina and other
towns. On the 4th of February, 1871,
an earthquake destroyed the whole
country between Santa Fe and Pana-
ma, including Cusco and Quito; it is
estimated that on this occasion, 10000
people buried in one second. On the
goth of February. 1885. an earthquake
in Chill, besides effecting an immense
amount of other damage, almost de-
stroyed the city of Conception. knock
ing down The Cathedral and most Of
the public buildings.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15

published IN the morning papers, We
read them first. as the most toothsome
items of news.
The clause in Mr.. Tilden's will pro-
yiding that if any one Of the divisees
scontcst it he shall forfeit his share is 4
valid one, and may be often found in
the wills Of astute persons, like the de-
parted statesman. 1t has tendency to
induce caution on the part of the heirs.
If one can lose nothing by contest
and may gain something, he may rush
into court as sort Of speculation, and
in that way much Of the estate be lost.
Our Uncle Sammy knew enough about
law and lawyers to wish to keep his es-
tate free from their care. As nobody
ever drove Il coach and four through any
document or statue ne wrote, so You
may be sure his will, drawn by his own
hand. is equally ironclad.
. There are many very curious and ec-
/ centric wills described in the books.
and some strange phrases of human
nature are illustrated in them. Some
men. who in life would not have given
cup of water to u boggar, by then
Wills leave enormous sums to charity
Those are the wills that usually take a
course through the courts. with hand
some pickingS for the lawyers on the
way. All charitable hcquestS are con-
structed with the utmost strictncss.-
About ten Years ago II. II. Taylor, OF
Chicago, died, leaving Il will drawn by
himself. After providing for his wife
and son, as thought quite literally, he
devised the residue of his estate. about
S500,000, to seven trustees to found d
charitable institution such as they
should deem best. In case they elected
not to do so the trustees were to turn
over the estate to the Home Of the
Friendless. As matter of course the
will was contested, and, after thorough
legal inquiry. it was found that the
charitable clause would not hold water.
After considerable litigation the case
was compromised, and the Home of the
FriendIeSS got $2Oo.0Oo ana the heirs
the remainder
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
- -
Moses

I1OSbS
1t is said in the Book of Numbers
that "Moses WAS very meek above all
the men which were upon the face of
the earth. Now. writers of great au-
thoritv tell us that this translation is
not precisely correct: and with their
criticism We should most of us be in
clined to agree. For neeeA. in the or
dinary sense Of the term. Moses was
not. In fact, he showed many signs
of Il fiery and impctuous rather than a
gentle disposition. Witness his out
break upon the Egyptian; witness his
falling single-handed upon the shep-
herds at the well and putting them to
fight; witness his throwing down out
Of his hand the two tables of stone in
an agony of grief and rage. Certainly
if meeInesS implies a certain difficulty
Of being reused to fiery Indignation,
We can hardly think of Moss being
meeA. But it has been observed that
his character would be more truly de-
scribed by our word diSinterested the
idea being that he was Il man who, in
an eminent degree. looked not to his
own honor or profit or advancement,
but rather to the performance Of duty
and the advantage Of the people en-.
trusted to him. All that is told of
him indicates withdrawal of himself,
a preference of the cause of his nation
TO his own interests, which makes him
the most complete example Of Jewish
patriotism. He joins his countrymen
in their degrading servitude: he for
gets himself to avenge their wrongs !:
he wishes that all the nation were gift
ed alike: "EnyieSt thou for my sake :"
When the offer is made that the peo-
pie should be DESTROYED and he himself
become the father of great nation, he
prays that they may be forgiven. IF
not, blot me, | pray thee, out Of thy
books which thou hast written His
sons were not raised to honor: the
leadership Of the people after his death
passed to another tribe. The chosen
people at this period of their history
are not painted in attractive colors.-
1t seems obvious that at this time the
Jews were what one would have eX
pected them to be-a horde of selfish.
sinful slaves, greedy and quarrelsome,
impatient and rebellious, perfectly in
capable of understanding such Il char
acter as that of Moses. 1t must have
been difficult sometimes for him to
have tolerated the petty natures and
low selfish aims with which he was ev-
erywhere surrounded. To make mat
ters worse he Was often misunderstood
by those who ought to have understood
him. Aaron and Miraim resented his
position Of superiority: korah, Da-
than and Abiram rebelled against him,
and Vet his patience seldom or never
failed. 1t was his duty 10 do so; nay
more, it was his pleasure TO try and
lift up the degraded people to a sense
of their divine mission. Rcr... ..Gor1on
Cd2'roP, d. 4.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
Brief Sentences from Beecher.

We sleep but the Icon Of life never
stops. and the pattern which was weav-
ing when the sun went down, is weav-
ing when it comes up tomorrow.
He who is false to present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and Will
find the flaw when he may have forgot
ten its cause.
Some men are like pyramids which
are very broad where they touch the
ground, but grow narrower as they
reach the sky.
In this world it is not what We take
up. that makes lis rich.
\ helping word to one in trouble Is
often like switch on railroad track
but one inch between wreck and
smooth-rolling prosperity.
\ Christianity which will not he'll
those who are struggling from the bot
tom to the top of society needs another
Christ to die fer it.
Success is full of promise till men
get it; and it is Il last years nest, from
which the bird has flown.
We 90 to the grave of friend say
ing, "a man is dead" but angels
throng about him saying, "A man is
born
We ought to love life; We ought to
desire to live here so long as God or
dains it; but let us not so encase our
selves in time that we cannot break
the crust and begin to throw out shoots
for the other life.
In the morning we carry the world.
like Atlas; at noon we stop and bend
beneath it, and at night it brushes us
fiat to the ground.
Any feeling that takes Il man away
from his home is traitor to the house
mold.
Itis one of the worst effects of pros
peritv to make man vortex instead
of a fountain, so that, instead of throw
ing out, he learns only to draw in.
1t is not we'll for man to pray
cream and live skim milk.
Liberty is the souls right to breathe.
and when it cannot take long breath
laws are girdled too tight. Without
liberty a man is a syncope.
The truest self,respect is not to
think of self.
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of
truth set up and stuffed,
Men have different spheres. 1t is for
some to evolve great moral truths, as
the heavens evolve stars, to guide the
sailor on the sea and the traveller on
the desert: and it is for some, like the
sailor and the traveller, simply to be
guided.
The stream of life forks, and relig-
ion is apt to run in one channel and
business in another.
There is always somebody to believe
in any one who is uppermost.
Death is the dropping of the flower
that the fruit may swell.
As flowers never put on their best
clothes for Sunday, but wear their spot
tess raiment and exhale their odor ev-
cry day, so let your Christian life, free
from stain, ever give forth the frag-
GRANGE of the love of God.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15

nHOUT OF TOWN PATRONS
NOTICE.-We are compelled to ig-
more requests for samples for the above
two items unless two-cent stamp ac
companies such requests. The very
small margin on these materials at the
prices named makes this imperative.
No restriction as to quantity sold.-
We bought these goods to sell and do
not wish TO dictate to YOU what quanti-
ty to buy.
We have stacks of each article emu
merated and are anxious to dispose of
all. Tell everybody Of this great sale.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-04-15
WE WILL SELL +;

$50 dozen Ladies' Linen Gaze Collars at g..
THESE YOU usually pay l2!a for.
$50 dozen Ladies' White Chrmi sett 8, all
sizes l2tr. t.unlS never sold lay any body
less than ~.
$1,000 pairs S,ispenlers, In white or 90 IS,
at lie. choice. Gt Cd, among these worth Fl ON
25c. 10 4Ur.
Ladies'. Fancy stripe Hose, l2a:; worth
2Oc
2CO dozen Ch ldren's Solid Co"r,d Hose,
l9c. per pair.
zoo dozen Chldren's Solid Colored Ribbed
Hose, &c. per pair; 3 pair for 25c.
$50 dozen I,adies' S bid Colorei Full 'gn-
lar NJ de Hose, 2a:. per pair usu Ally sold
for 37tc.
5000 yards MAline Yelling fr 3 veil.
This is all-sik Yelling and in every conceiv-
able and desirable shade.
10000 yards Check Nainsock at Sc. Goods
usually retailed at l2ar.
5000 pairs Ladie,' Lsle Thread Gloves, all
sizes, 12ac. per pair; usually sold at 25c.
1000 dozen Ladies' Colored Bordered Hem
stitched II H4ndkerchief., DC. each.
$4,000 yards White Lawn at Sc. per yard
Every yard perfect every yard well bleached
worth Sc. the world over.
so 900 yards Fine SAtt-ens Ut l2a:. Sold
everywhere for z5c. Fhese goods are even
far superior to the goods we made such flu
| rore with a week ago. Surprising in beauty
and design any French gools yet shown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-20
Attemnt 10 ROB a Train.

MARSHALL, Mo-, Jan. 2O.-A bold attempt
at train robbery of the St. Louis train on
the Chicago and Alton railroad took place
last night about s o'clock three miles east of
Independence, Mo. The train was brought
to stand still by the violent pulling of the
bell cord. The brakeman and conductor
rushed through to the forward part of the
train to ascertain the cause Of stopping
when they were fred upon by man stand :
ing on the front platform of the smoking
car and ordered back into the car. They
barely escaped injury by lodging back into
the car. The engineer was also fired upon
but not injured. Four or five shots were
fred. The would-be robbers then jumped
from the car and escaped in the darkness.
After few minutes delay the train started
on its Wey.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-20
ylurderedby Thieves.

SANTA, FE, N. NJ, Jan. 2O.-The report
that Jack McLane and Fred. Aberdeen had
been murdered at farmers ranch near
Hudson, ia Grant county, was confirmed
yesterday. A neighbor going to the ranch
found McLane lying dead on the ground
near the house with three bullet holes in his
body. Just inside the house Aberdeen's
corpse was found on the floor He had a
bullet hole through his head, from which
blood aud brains had oozed. The bodies of
both men had been stripped ofalI valuables,
including clothing, boots and weapons, and
the murderers had also ransacked the house,
carrying away everything OF value. After
completing their work the thieves stole a
horse owned by McLane and then went to
Indian Springs, where they gathered in six
more horses belonging TO Mr. McLane. The
excitement cansed by the affair is intense
all through Grant county. The perpertrat.
ors of the outrage are believed to be part
of the same gang OF Mexican thieves and
robbers who were concerned in the kill
ing of Deputy Sheriff Hall some time ago,
and if they are caught they will certainly
be lyuched
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-20
Ru,lors Of War.

BRUSSELS, Jan. 2O.--A meeting of gener-
ais was held at the ministry of war yester-
day to discuss the subject of the nobiliza-
ton of the army. All expressed the opinion
that war on the Belgian frontiers is ineyi-
table and that hostilities will probably
begin in May or June.
BERLIN, Jan. 2O.-Attention has been
drawn to the fact that the French govern
ment are buying large quantities of timber
in Alsace. Lorraine with the apparent pur-
pose OF building wooden barracks at various
points along the frontier. The German
theory of frances object in this work is that
she wishes to facilitate an invasion of Ger
man territory.
LONDON, Jan. 2O.-The Italian govern
ment has bought the National Line Steamer
America and will convert her into an armed
cruiser.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-20
Excitementin Legislature.

The New Jersey Assembly yesterday
considered the Walter Jones contest
ed election case. Chairman Corbin, on the
part q Of majority of The Committee on Con-
tested Elections, offered the majority re-
port. The democrats began system OF
filbu,s:ering until they could be assured OF
sufficient votes to defeat this report, which,
in substance, favored new election, to be
ordered by the Speaker, on Tuesday, Feb
ruary, s, in the Second Assembly district OF
Mercer county. A motion to clear the
floor of outsiders prevailed.
Mr. Noonan moved that majority vote
of the whole house be necessary before an
adjournment can be ordered The Speaker
ruled the motion out Of order, and Mr.. Moo
nan appealed from the decision. Over this
there was an hours wrangle, during which
violent language was repeatedly used to.
wards the Speaker.
The Speaker to Mr.. Noonan-The. gentle.
man is out of order.
Mr.. Noonan-I insist on the yeas and
nays as to whether am or not.
Mr.. Armstrong attempted to speak for
the republican side, but Mr.. Noonau, back
ed by dozen other democrats, called out
"Yeas and nays" repeatedly, and in such
loud tones as to drown Mr.. Armstrong;
voice.
Speaker Baird-Order must be preserved
or no business will be transacted.
Mr.. Beckwith dem. You've got to give
US recognition, or we will pull you out of
that chair.
This scene OF confusion lasted fully fifteen
minutes. At noon the democrats, believing
they had a majority, receded from their po-
sition, and allowed the reading of the elect
ion committees reports.
Immediately upon the conclusion of the reports
the parliamentary battle was renewed as to the
rights Of either side to have the floor first on the
reports.
Mr. Walter, the democrat was finally given his
seat and sworn in
The Committee on Contested Elections was
then discharged from further consideration of
tho cases. This committee is democratic, while
the old one was republican. By the seating of
Mr.. Walter the democrats now have thirty.one
votes out of sixty, and their nine votes in the
Senate gives them forty in all for the United
Der necessary to elect. They expect to get the
needed one from the labor contingent Hardly
however. had the democrats begun to rejoice over
their victory, before new trouble arose. Mr..
McDermott, DEM, moved to declare the Speaker
ship vacant. His colleagues thought this an wise,
and motion TO table was carried, to Speaker
Baird great relief. Mr. McDermott wildly de-
clared that he would not now vote with the dem
ocIats for Senator. 1T is not thought, however
that he will persist in this hastily formed resou-
ton. The Senate will meet this afternoon when
m adjournment without organization will proba.
bly, take place, as usual.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-01-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.

It is now expected that the corner stone
of the Lee monument in Richmond will bl
laid in the spring.
The residence of Mrs. Mary T. Marshal
| near Markham, Fauquier county, was burned
Tuesday evening.
Governor Lee day before yesterday signed
pardons for five men confined in the peni
Tertiary, all Of whom are suffering from in
durable diseases.
Mr. William l.. Eubank, for some year;
connected with the James river improve
ment died yesterday at the Retreat for the
Sick, at Richmond.
The Governor and Mrs Lee left Richmond
to-day for Washington, having accepted an
invitation 10 dine with the President and
Mrs. Cleveland this evening.
Rev. James D. Lumaden, one Of the oldest
and most prominent members of the Vir'
GINA Methodist Conference, died in Peters
burg yesterday, aged seventy-six years. he
had been in the ministry for fifty years.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad carried
north over its line during the month of De-
cember & total of IA, l53 bales of cotton, or
double the quantity that was carried by it
during the corresponding month of the pre-
yious year.
Rev. Jos. R. Jones, who rendered his re-
signation as rector of the Episcopal Church
at White Post, Clarke county, has been TO-
duced to withdraw the same, much to the
satisfaction of all the congregation by whom
he is held in the highest esteem.
At the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the State Agricultural Society in Rich
mond, Yesterday, the vote by which the third
premium of 800 claimed by the Richmond
Light Infantry Blues was rejected on the
previous day was reconsidered aud the
claim allowed. Msj. A. r. Venable of Farm
vile, was elected Secretary of the Society.
Yesterday evening while party of young
ladies and gentlemen were skating on the
lake at West. End Park in Petersburg, the
ice suddenly broke, and all were precipitated
into water beyond their DEPTH and. but for
timely assistance, would have been drowned.
Miss Mary ]. Vincent, daughter of promi
nent citizen, when gotten out, was uncon
scious, and her case is considered very criti
cal.
The financial officers of the State have
written letter to the Governor setting
forth the present status Of the debt question
and indicating several measures which
might be passed By the General Assembly if
called in extra session. Bat whether there
will be au extra session called is undecided.
The revisers of the Code are not now ready,
and probably will not be for some months TO
come.